Ancient
עַתִּיקStrong’s H6268attiq (at-tiq)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Attiq is the Aramaic word usually translated “ancient of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”
Meaning
- Ancient, advanced, aged, old, taken away
How it's translated
- ancient of 2
- and ancient of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 7:13In contextI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Daniel 7:22In contextUntil the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Aramaic dictionary
עַתִּיק attiq · ancient
ancient, advanced, aged, old, taken away Aramaic of at.tiq (עַתִּיק "ancient/taken" H6267)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ancient” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'CIENT, adjective
Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient The pronunciation of the first vowel ought to accord with that is antiquity, anger, anchor, etc. [Lt. ante, antiquus.] We usually apply ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never the old sun, old stars, an old river or mountain.
- Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; as, ancient authors, ancient days.
- Old; that has been of long duration; as, an ancient forest; an ancient city.
- Known from ancient times; as the ancient continent, opposed to the new continent.
All definitions and other forms of “ancient”
AN'CIENT, noun
Generally used in the plural, ancients. Those who lived in former ages, opposed to moderns.
- In scripture, very old men.“The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people” Isaiah 3:14
- ancient is also used for a flag or streamer, in a ship of war; and for an ensign or the bearer of a flag, as in Shakespeare.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.